 | William Brockedon - 1833 - 438 pages
...Drawn by JD Harding, from a Sketch hy W. Page. " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Around his waist are forests braced, The avalanche in his hand ; But ere it fall, that thundering ball... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 354 pages
...thy wish avow'd ! Voice of the SECOND SPIRIT. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Around his waist are forests braced, The Avalanche in his hand ; But ere it fall, that thundering ball... | |
 | Calvin Colton - 1836 - 372 pages
...of Ben Nevis as Byron •aid of Mont Blanc, " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ! They crown'd him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Around his waist are forests braced, The avalanche in his hand ;" Yet is it true, that Ben Nevis is... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...thy wish avow'd! Voice of the SECOND SPIRIT. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountain«; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds. With a diadem üf snow. tion ; bis object was, to produce effect— to eralt and dilitç thr character through whom... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...be thy wish avow'd! Voice of the SECOND SPIBIT. Mont Rlanc is the monarch of mountains; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, Wriih a diadem of snow. tion ; his object was, to produce effect— to était and dilate the character... | |
 | John Murray - 1838 - 452 pages
...truth of the poet's glorious description, — " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crown'd him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." In returning from the Jardin it is not necessary to descend by the Egralets ; a steep path leads down... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1838 - 446 pages
...truth of the poet's glorious description, — " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crown'd him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." In returning from the Jardin it is not necessary to descend by the Egralets ; a steep path leads down... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam, Author of An introduction and index to general history - 1838 - 302 pages
...beautiful pyramids, on the side of Mont Blanc : " Mount Blanc is the monarch of mountains 1 They crown'd him long ago, On a throne of rocks in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow-- Around his waist are forests braced. The avalanche in his hand." That ' mighty Alp' itself, we did... | |
 | John Murray - 1838 - 356 pages
...vindicate the truth of the poet's description, — " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains; They crowii'd him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of »now." Rare plants and minerals may be collected; the former on the £gralets and Jardin, the latter... | |
 | Rosina Maria Zornlin - 1840 - 474 pages
...regions, to that of temperate Europe. The highest summit is Mont Blanc, 15,781 feet above the sea. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clo ids, With a diadem of snow. Our course first lies along the Cottian Alps, which extend from Monte... | |
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Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. 
